The Scale of the Universe

with Dr. Tony Crider

Is it a “waste of money” to buy a loved one a star for

Valentine’s Day?

Student Learning Objectives

• Design a scale model of Solar System.

• Discuss distance scale to the stars.

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What was that?a solar systema universeA B

C Da galaxy a supercluster

Messerschmitt Me-163 "Komet"

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Scale Model

1:10,000,000,000scale model

Roughly how many times further is it from the Sun to Alpha Centauri than from the Sun to Jupiter?

10310A B C D105 107

Make a Model of the Solar System

Lecture Notes: Patterns in the SkyBad Astronomy: Polaris

MasteringAstronomy: Assignment 1